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Copy of letter to Senator James E. Murray from Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War

Copy of letter to Senator James E. Murray from Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War

WD 680.4
F t. Missoula
(4-16-41)M
C - Q - P - Y
APR. 24 1941
Honorable James E. Murray, United States Senate.
Dear Senator Murrqy:
Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of April 16th, transmitting a communication from Mr. Hal T. Cheney, Secretary of the Missoula, Montana, Chamber of Commerce, urging that only a portion of the facilities available at Fort Missoula be assigned for the use of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Under date of April 9th this Department executed a permit granting to the Department of Justice use and occupancy of Fort Missoula as a detention camp. The question, therefore, of which particular parts of the reservation will be used by that Department for the purpose intended is not for the War Department to decide.
Accordingly I am forwarding your letter and its inclosure to the Department of Justice for such consideration as the situation may warrant.
Sincerely yours,
HENRY L. STIMSON Secretary of War
DISPATCHED
APR 25 1941 FROM A. G. 0.
RECEIVED
APR 28 1941

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Copy of letter to Senator James E. Murray from Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War

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WD 680.4
F t. Missoula
(4-16-41)M
C - Q - P - Y
APR. 24 1941
Honorable James E. Murray, United States Senate.
Dear Senator Murrqy:
Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of April 16th, transmitting a communication from Mr. Hal T. Cheney, Secretary of the Missoula, Montana, Chamber of Commerce, urging that only a portion of the facilities available at Fort Missoula be assigned for the use of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Under date of April 9th this Department executed a permit granting to the Department of Justice use and occupancy of Fort Missoula as a detention camp. The question, therefore, of which particular parts of the reservation will be used by that Department for the purpose intended is not for the War Department to decide.
Accordingly I am forwarding your letter and its inclosure to the Department of Justice for such consideration as the situation may warrant.
Sincerely yours,
HENRY L. STIMSON Secretary of War
DISPATCHED
APR 25 1941 FROM A. G. 0.
RECEIVED
APR 28 1941